Tocharus

Tocharus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek Τόχαρος (Tókharos)bor.
Latin Tocharus

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τόχαρος (Tókharos).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    Tocharus m sg (genitive Tocharī); second declension

    1. Tocharian (any member of the Tochari, a people who inhabited Bactria)
      • c. 330 CE – c. 390 CE, Ammianus Marcellinus, Rerum gestarum 23.6.57
      • 1729, Georgii Pachymeris Michael Palæologus sive Historia Rerum a Michaele Palæologo, page 76:
        Tam vulgo enim increbuerat cum horrore terroreque ad Tocharorum mentionem quaſi panico iſtius ejuſdem cæca, [...]
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      • 1835, Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae‎[1], page 904:
        Tuctais Tocharus Noga devicto ejus regno potitur […]
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    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative Tocharus Tocharī
    genitive Tocharī Tocharōrum
    dative Tocharō Tocharīs
    accusative Tocharum Tocharōs
    ablative Tocharō Tocharīs
    vocative Tochare Tocharī

    Descendants

    • French: Tochare
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